Does anyone have example prices for blast cleaning, Zinc Phosphate Priming and Powder Coating?
I have been quoted £350 - 400, is this good?
Regards
I have been quoted £350 - 400, is this good?
Regards
Chassis Blasting & Powder Coating
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Posts: 9 Wed, 30-Sep-2009 17:25 |
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TC |
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Posts: 21 Wed, 30-Sep-2009 19:37 |
Had a quote a few weeks ago for a Triumph Spitfire/GT6 chassis, £280 - £380 +VAT.
The £380 was for a Nylon (as opposed to Polyester) coating after the blasting and zinc priming. Hope that helps. |
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Posts: 175 Wed, 30-Sep-2009 21:47 |
Hi,
http://www.redditchshotblasting.co.uk/ did a mighty fine job on mine a few months ago, check my images, cost £517 with VAT, Regards, Martyn www.marcosmantula.com |
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cranniev6 |
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Posts: 10 Thu, 1-Oct-2009 17:58 |
Thanks TC and Martin.
Martin, enjoyed my walk through your website! |
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Posts: 17 Mon, 5-Oct-2009 08:55 |
You need to check out what the powder coating they use is as well, there are polyester powder coats and Epoxy powder coats, in my experience the polyester
systems are suitable for filing cabinets etc but seam to be used a lot, maybe they make an HD version. Worth a check to find out exactly how suitable the
coating they are going to use is for the aggressive environment of a car underside.
For Epoxy wet coatings check out www.rust.co.uk Epoxy Mastic. I must declare an interest as this is my company, but I'd be pleased to discuss it further if you want, we don't do the application just supply the products to restorers engineers etc. Ian |
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Posts: 18 Mon, 5-Oct-2009 09:13 |
Martyn
Loved the website.....and the sprint film....hmmmm V'8 's....love em , incidently how did you get it through its mot 
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Posts: 44 Wed, 7-Oct-2009 11:57 |
i will be picking my chassis up from redditch shotblasting on friday having had it galvanised (hopefully not to distorted) through their galving contact.
galving cost was £137, but haven't had the bill yet for the shotblasting prep. although i do have quite a few other bits being done at the same time and
the manifolds are being hot aluminium sprayed.
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Posts: 813 Thu, 8-Oct-2009 20:59 |
Interested to know how much weight it has put on as a result of the galvanising.
Steve
There's a lot of talk these days about green transport. Well, I am ahead of the game, I already have green transport ... British racing green.
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Posts: 45 Fri, 9-Oct-2009 07:26 |
OldNoccer wrote: |
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Posts: 817 Sun, 11-Oct-2009 23:00 |
Martyn weighed his racer's chassis (see separate thread)
and says it was 106kg. Now I suspect his chassis is a lighter gauge, though with some extra cross-bracing, but that is quite a difference from yours.
Steve
There's a lot of talk these days about green transport. Well, I am ahead of the game, I already have green transport ... British racing green.
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Posts: 46 Sun, 18-Oct-2009 20:47 |
the final weight i paid for is ............................... drum roll..................................
.........218kg.
weights can be wildly off the mark if the weight is done on a weigh bridge as the chassis is well out of its normal range. a weigh bridge is for 3.5 to 45
tons normally and a hundred kg here or there is nothing.
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OldNoccer |
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Posts: 830 Mon, 19-Oct-2009 21:20 |
Them's big strong people - 218kg is 480lb. So is the same as each person lifting 240lb (over 17 stone) !
There's a lot of talk these days about green transport. Well, I am ahead of the game, I already have green transport ... British racing green.
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Posts: 47 Tue, 20-Oct-2009 07:12 |
OldNoccer wrote: Thats what i thought, as i was saying alot of the lifting and weighing equipment in these places just aren't accurate on such light weights. maybe i'm just stronger than i thought i was? or just had the lighter end as my friend did seem to struggle at the back...... |
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Posts: 718 Thu, 22-Oct-2009 10:59 Chief mechanic |
A piece of 4x2 and a set of bathroom scales is all you need to get an accurate weight. C`mon Mark we are all dying to know how much your chassis weighs
It`s not more power you need, it`s less weight and a few subtle mods and some not so subtle!
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Martyn123 |
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Posts: 183 Thu, 22-Oct-2009 11:49 |
Yep, that's how i did it, although i did take the scales out of the bathroom and into the garage (without her indoors finding out) as opposed to taking the
chassis into the bathroom.
I tipped the chassis on its side, found the middle point and gently lifted it onto the glass scales protecting the glass with some material, i was just waiting for the glass to break but got away with it and scales returned to the bathroom unmarked, phew !!! 106kgs with the roll cage and extra bracing at the rear, Regards, Martyn.... |
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Posts: 139 Thu, 22-Oct-2009 11:52 |
I could easily lift my (1972 Coupe) steel chassis before galvanising but struggled when it came back, the extra weight was well worth the effort for a road car
hopefully I won't ever have to go back and replace any rails. I followed the Galv with a good dose of sprayed wax into the tubes just to be on the safe
side! If the Galv tank has missed any areas then these uncoated areas will rust away quicker.
The galvaniser charged me their minimum price of £100 so I wired on as much spare tube as I could find and the front and suspension. |
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Super Charged gt400 |
Putting on weight lately | #16 | ||
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Posts: 48 Fri, 30-Oct-2009 09:09 |
Ok dave i've done it, on the bathroom scales. but this could be controversial, as the girls generally adjust the scale to optimise the
outcome......... |
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Posts: 838 Fri, 30-Oct-2009 23:04 |
Well 115kg is a long way from 218kg - sounds like you were robbed if the galvanising was based on weight - unless it was charged on 218lb - that would be
close.
That has at least got things in a sensible range, and I hope has put to bed the idea that the chassis weight doubles when it is galvanised. I thought that was a bit too much. Steve
There's a lot of talk these days about green transport. Well, I am ahead of the game, I already have green transport ... British racing green.
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